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Protest against Prime Minister Lands four People in Custody

Protest against Prime Minister Lands four People in Custody

Three young people who protested PM Erdoğan while he was on his way home from his office in the Dolmabahçe Palace were taken into custody on 22 February. One day before, another protestor was beaten by Erdoğan's bodyguards and taken into custody.

23 February 2012

23 Students in Police Custody at Istanbul University

23 Students in Police Custody at Istanbul University

23 students were taken into police custody in the course of unrests on the Istanbul University Beyazıt Campus on 2 February. Hayat TV news centre editor Cem Şimşek is among the people in custody.

3 January 2012 Işıl Cinmen

Parliament President Calls for Contribution, Police Use Tear Gas

Parliament President Calls for Contribution, Police Use Tear Gas

Members of the Dev Sağlık-İş socialist trade union were taken into custody and released later on when they tried to forward their request for a raise of the minimum wage. Union President Çerkezoğlu criticized, "On one hand they ask for the unions' contributions and on the other hand they attack the workers with tear gas".

2 January 2012 Nilay Vardar

Conscientious Objector Savda in Custody

Conscientious Objector Savda in Custody

Conscientious Objector Savda was taken into custody at the airport in Istanbul when he was about to travel to Paris. His custody is allegedly based on Savda's conviction on charges of "alienating the public from the military".

7 December 2011 Ekin Karaca

Lawyers in Custody - Raid on Özgür Gündem Newspaper

KCK OPERATIONS

Lawyers in Custody - Raid on Özgür Gündem Newspaper

About 100 people, most of them lawyers, were taken into police custody in the course of the latest KCK operations in several provinces of Turkey on 22 November. The Özgür Gündem newspaper was raided as well as many private homes and offices.

23 November 2011

Student Demanding Free Education Seriously Threatened

Student Demanding Free Education Seriously Threatened

University student Morsümbül who spent his childhood at the meetings of the Saturday Mothers and visits at the Bayrampaşa Prison was taken into police custody because he demanded free education. He was told in custody, "We might 'lose' you just as we 'lost' your uncle".

19 October 2011 Ayça Söylemez

KCK Operation: 137 People in Custody

KCK Operation: 137 People in Custody

92 members of the Peace and Democracy Party were taken into police custody in the course of a KCK operation in Istanbul on 4 October. At the same time, dozens of people were taken into custody in Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Ankara, Derik, Batman and Kurtalan.

"Left-Wing Opposition Considered as 'the Enemy'"

HOPA DEMONSTRATIONS

"Left-Wing Opposition Considered as 'the Enemy'"

The anti-government demonstrations in Hopa are still creating a stir in several parts of the country. 19 people were taken into custody in Ankara, 26 people were interrogated in Antakya. The police try to find connections between the protestors and illegal organizations.

17 June 2011 Ekin Karaca

Batman: 20 People in Police Custody

Batman: 20 People in Police Custody

20 people in Batman, mostly affiliated to the pro-Kurdish BDP, were taken into police custody in the course of simultaneous raids on their homes. The reason has not been declared yet. Meanwhile, a signboard in Turkish and Kurdish became the subject of a court case.

15 People Taken into Police Custody in Ankara - So Far

15 People Taken into Police Custody in Ankara - So Far

15 people were taken into police custody on 15 June. The operation that was still going on on Wednesday afternoon was allegedly connected to a press release regarding the death of retired teacher Lokumcu after a massive police intervention in Hopa.

16 June 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Six Members of Freedom and Solidarity Party released

Six Members of Freedom and Solidarity Party released

Two days after Prime Minister Erdoğan's party won the elections, six people in Çorum were taken into police custody on the grounds of their participation in the 1 May celebrations 45 days ago. They were released the same day.

15 June 2011 Ekin Karaca

23 People Taken into Police Custody in Adana

COMMEMORATING LEFTIST REVOLUTIONARIES

23 People Taken into Police Custody in Adana

23 people were taken into custody in the course of police operations on 25 May in Adana because they allegedly attended commemoration events for executed Turkish leftist revolutionaries.

26 May 2011 Ekin Karaca

2506 People Taken into Custody in 50 Days

2506 People Taken into Custody in 50 Days

Throughout the whole year of 2009, a total of 7718 people were taken into police custody. 2500 people were taken into custody only within the past 50 days.400 of them were arrested.

35 People in Custody, Tens of Thousands of People Protest

SOUTH-EASTERN TURKEY

35 People in Custody, Tens of Thousands of People Protest

35 people were taken into custody in an operation regarding the investigation into the Union of Kurdistan Communities (KCK). About 20,000 people took the street for a protest march from Hakkari to Van. They continued the demonstration in a sit-down protest.

26 April 2011 Nilay Vardar

Journalist Çapraz and 10 Other People in Custody

Journalist Çapraz and 10 Other People in Custody

Journalist Necip Çapraz, owner of the local Yüksekova News daily, is one of ten people who were taken into custody on 21 March in Hakkari upon the directive of the Van Special Authority Public Chief Prosecution. The journalist's home was searched by the police.

23 March 2011 Erol Önderoğlu

Operation Related to Zirve Publishing Murders

ERGENEKON

Operation Related to Zirve Publishing Murders

Ergenekon Prosecutor Zekeriya Öz gave the directive for an operation in nine different provinces all over the country. The searches are related to the murder of three people at the Zirve Publishing Company in Malatya in 2007. 20 people have allegedly been taken into custody.

Journalists in Police Custody

ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION

Journalists in Police Custody

Many journalists were taken into police custody in the scope of the Ergenekon investigation after police raids on their homes and offices, among them journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener. The latter one recently claimed that he received according threats.

4 March 2011 Ayça Söylemez

2 Journalists Harassed, 30 TAYAD Members in Police Custody

SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION OF PRISONERS' FAMILIES

2 Journalists Harassed, 30 TAYAD Members in Police Custody

Members of the Solidarity Association of Prisoners' Families were attacked by nationalists in Ankara. Some group members were harassed because they were thought to be plainclothes police officers. The police took 30 association members into custody because of "resistance".

1 October 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Kurdish Initiative Continues: 120 Detentions

KCK OPERATIONS

Kurdish Initiative Continues: 120 Detentions

The police and the gendarmerie carried out operation against the Kurdish umbrella organization KCK in several cities all over Turkey. More than 120 people were taken into custody - most of them are university students and members of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party.

26 May 2010 Erol Önderoğlu